tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post8360335290979922710..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Bill Gates is Not Happy with America's Coronavirus ResponseJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-49831237020142409872020-08-11T15:42:10.332-04:002020-08-11T15:42:10.332-04:00The comparison with 9/11 is completely unfair and ...The comparison with 9/11 is completely unfair and unethical. That was a deliberate murder and anyone understands that such a massive murder could not go unpunished. Somehow, in an also barbaric way, justice has been done.<br /><br />The American people is not especially worse than any other in the collective reponse to the pandemic. There is resistance to the mask everywhere in Europe, and many keep going to beach and gather around bars for binge drinking. It is a minority though. So those who are dying, die from the virus, not from selfishness or stupidness of the people, even if this is a sad reality. The fatalities in America are even not higher than in oher countries, say Belgium, in relative numbers.<br /><br />What has been a shame is the public coverage and the criteria of communication, creating fear after fear instead of clear instructions and good examples. I don't see panic in Austria, or Cuba, or Sweden. People mostly live as always, only with basic and rational caution. In many countries (USA) the strategy has been one of terryfying, picturing Apocalypse, threatening, and therefore life is hell. There are thousands dying of illnesses that ar not admitted to treatment, thousands or millions in absolute psycologic distress hoping this ends or they die, old people totally abandoned to die alone at home. The worst sickness Covid brought is not the infection: it's carelessness, loneliness and abandon. <br /><br />If that was what Gates meant, hail him. But I suspect he just meant as many others that the culprit of it all is Trump.Mário R. Gonçalveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663310362534590729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-57813511542587544112020-08-08T14:55:46.656-04:002020-08-08T14:55:46.656-04:00"Bill Gates is Not Happy with America's C..."Bill Gates is Not Happy with America's Coronavirus Response"<br /><br />...who in their right mind WOULD be? Nearly a quarter of GLOBAL deaths from the pandemic have been Americans, AND we're well on track to have more Americans die from this disease than were killed in all of World War II!<br /><br />What in the world is WRONG with our media that they think we need BILL GATES to weigh in on this? We have doctors, we have pathologists, we have medical experts of every stripe from all around the world who have been warning us from DAY ONE what would happen if we didn't take appropriate action, and we've ignored them at every turn. What the FUCK do we care what Bill Gates, a famous computer engineer and businessman with no medical qualifications whatsoever, has to say on the matter?<br /><br />How is his opinion relevant? Oh right, it ISN'T - but the average American is a moron who distrusts doctors and scientists, but values the opinions of famous people, CEOS, and the people who manufacture their favorite consumer products. Then combine that with the fact that our corporate media is happy to cater to the whims of our imbecilic populous instead of taking any kind of responsibility for their positions of privilege and using their massive reach, resources, and influence to help elevate public discourse and educate our society instead of pandering to the stupidity and ignorance of the masses they profit off of.<br /><br />We all know that America's Coronavirus Response has been the worst in the modern developed world by far, and arguably one of the worst on the entire planet. American politics and stupidity have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people needlessly, and it's going to KEEP happening, in part because we elected an egotistical imbecile backed by a literal death cult, but also in part because people just DON'T GIVE A DAMN.<br /><br />Some hijackers kill 3,000 Americans on 9/11? Everyone is stunned and horrified and demands immediate action, leading to us to go to war for the next TWO DECADES in Afghanistan, kill hundreds of thousands of people, and accomplish absolutely nothing of value through any of it, at a massive cost to ourselves, wholly needlessly!<br /><br />But our own government lets 150,000+ Americans died needlessly out of inaction and incompetence? Well, good ol' Bubba America simply doesn't give a damn, because the REAL nightmare is being forced to wear a face mask in the worst global pandemic in a century, and not being able go to church, the beach, or the local bar! The horror!<br /><br />It's absolutely stunning not just how bad the government's response has been, but how bad OUR response as a people has been. America is dying, both literally and figuratively, because the average person is too stupid, selfish, and tribal to realize they are constantly undermining the country's survival.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com